EVGA Teases 1080Ti With 3 Fans!

[Techstorm970]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

It's RGB

The RGB itself isn't what I have a problem with.  It's the RGB backplate.  Zotac, why?

 

I guess 2017 is "The Year of the RGB"...

[NumLock21]

Just now, techstorm970 said:

The RGB itself isn't what I have a problem with.  It's the RGB backplate.  Zotac, why?

 

I guess 2017 is "The Year of the RGB"...

Some of Asus Strix back plate is RGB too. When it's done right, it looks nice. Zotac's one don't look bad either.

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 hour ago, Eztrcfyu said:

To be fair that's not really EVGA's fault, a lot of 970s struggle to get good OCs.

EVGA put a really weak 4-phase VRM and two heatpipes don't contact the core fully on their SC, which is why they came out with the SSC model right after I got my SC. The SC overclock like crap unless you get a golden sample. 

[79wjd]

1 hour ago, ApolloFury said:

EVGA making ugly graphics cards again. ACX 2.0's sleek design was so good why they have to make it more "gamery".

 

I disagree, I like ACX 2.0 the least. 

 

IMO: FTW3 > ACX 3.0 > ACX 1 > ACX 2

[Bleedingyamato]

16 hours ago, TheRandomness said:

Wow that looks nice.. EVGA, can the sff community have a single fan 1080 now?

Wouldn't that get too hot with only 1 fan?    Or be really loud?

 

16 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

What! Only 3 fans!?

Pfff...

It looks like a sci-fi gun.  lol

 

16 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

I'm just sad of the death of 4" wide/tall cards.

Couldn't case makers just nudge up the size of cases a tiny bit to compensate?

 

16 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It looks cool but I have to wonder about the cooling ability.  We've already seen questionable fan designs from EVGA recently in the past

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And it seems to me, the shroud being full of holes as it is here is just going to let air that the fans pushed toward the heatsink effectively bounce back out of the card.  The air needs to be sealed in somewhat for the static pressure fans to force it through.

What I wonder is what the fan size will be?    I think someone had pointed out to me a while back that 3 fans on a GPU would mean they'd be smaller and thus louder than 2 larger fans.

 

16 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

A challenger appears and it's Asus, in the i/o slot department.

 

 

That looks way too bulky.  Like it could snap the PCIE slot right off the motherboard.  

 

14 hours ago, ApolloFury said:

EVGA making ugly graphics cards again. ACX 2.0's sleek design was so good why they have to make it more "gamery".

 

The cards in these pictures look ugly though...

[ThinkWithPortals]

 

 

[NumLock21]

I hope by the time when I upgrade to some future cpu down the road, it better still have RGB. If it does not, I'll be pissed.

[TVwazhere]

On 3/3/2017 at 9:52 PM, NumLock21 said:

From Zotac, Chinese region exclusive.

"Sponsored by Chevy"

 

I've always been a bit of a fan of EVGA cards. This one is okay to me. I dont prefer all the holes in the body but to each their own. If I was one generation more behind I'd consider buying it

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, TVwazhere said:

"Sponsored by Chevy"

 

I've always been a bit of a fan of EVGA cards. This one is okay to me. I dont prefer all the holes in the body but to each their own. If I was one generation more behind I'd consider buying it

"Like a rock"

[Dylanc1500]

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

"Like a rock"

Ya, if you threw it at someone.

[NumLock21]

Just now, Dylanc1500 said:

Ya, if you threw it at someone.

Isn't that how their commercial went or something?

I remember they had the commercial contest...

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/31/chevys-make-your-own-tahoe-commercial-not-exactly-going-as-pl/

[Dylanc1500]

4 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Isn't that how their commercial went or something?

I remember they had the commercial contest...

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/03/31/chevys-make-your-own-tahoe-commercial-not-exactly-going-as-pl/

You are correct lol. It came from the Bob Seger song "like a rock". I believe it was started in 98-99 with the new body style pick-up.

 

I didn't even know anything about the commercial contest.

 

I was making a terrible joke about that card being bulky and it hitting someone.

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45 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

"Sponsored by Chevy"

 

 omg you're right! 

[CoolMarquis97]

EVGA is really starting to win me over with their recent GPU designs. Willfully ignorant here but what's the price of the 1080ti? 

[TVwazhere]

3 minutes ago, CoolMarquis97 said:

EVGA is really starting to win me over with their recent GPU designs. Willfully ignorant here but what's the price of the 1080ti? 

$699 USD for Founders Edition

[Remixt]

Do you guys think itl be worth picking this up if I'm just going to rip off the cooler and put a waterblock on it? I bet it will have a stronger powerphase setup/ double 8 pin.

[VagabondWraith]

1 hour ago, Remixt said:

Do you guys think itl be worth picking this up if I'm just going to rip off the cooler and put a waterblock on it? I bet it will have a stronger powerphase setup/ double 8 pin.

Not really. Just get a FE and be done with it. More compatibility. You could have a 500 phase VRM and it's not gonna do jack since all cards top out around ~ 2100.

[PianoPlayer88Key]

?Card heats up and da blue screen come.

Add one fan, two fan, three fan more!

Ears blown out with the jet loud fans.?

 

Okay, actually ... I'd really like to see very efficient video cards, so that ones with coolers like these:

 

 

At around $200-300 or so

 

Can run the latest AAA titles all maxed out

• At the max resolution possible for each display
• Never dipping below the max refresh rate
• (Even with Luke's Crysis barrels & other scenarios,
• on the oldest board & slowest CPU that the card will physically install)
• On as many displays as how many ports will physically fit on the I/O area
• While remaining cool enough so someone as young as Linus's kids can hold their bare hands on the VRMs & GPU die while running a Furmark equivalent, without it feeling too uncomfortably warm.

 

Think we will ever see high-end cards that are that power efficient, so they dont even NEED heatsinks?

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, VagabondWraith said:

Not really. Just get a FE and be done with it. More compatibility. You could have a 500 phase VRM and it's not gonna do jack since all cards top out around ~ 2100.

A 500 phase VRM would be horifically useless  The amount of doublers required would be huge due to the fact that you can only get 8 phase controllers at most. 

[Belgarathian]

On 3/4/2017 at 10:12 AM, NinJake said:

I'd take effective cooling over looks any day hands down. It could even be colored off-tan/beige and brown for all I care!

So... Noctua. 

 

[VagabondWraith]

1 hour ago, TheRandomness said:

A 500 phase VRM would be horifically useless  The amount of doublers required would be huge due to the fact that you can only get 8 phase controllers at most. 

I know. I was exaggerating a bit there. Of course a 500 phase would make the PCB 10 times the size it is now.  

[TheKDub]

Damn that looks good... Too bad I don't have $700+ to drop on a GPU..

[Trik'Stari]

On 3/4/2017 at 1:08 PM, ThinkWithPortals said:

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So glad I have the EVGA step up program.

[Redempti0n]

I have been using Gigabyte triple fan cards since god knows when. 2 Windforce 780ti, Windforce 980 and Now an Xtreme gaming 980ti

[simson0606]

On 7-3-2017 at 0:32 AM, Remixt said:

Do you guys think itl be worth picking this up if I'm just going to rip off the cooler and put a waterblock on it? I bet it will have a stronger powerphase setup/ double 8 pin.

it has dual 8 pins, i made the image a bit brighter to see them